End post.



No. 759,837. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

c. A. WILLMARTH.

END POST.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 1'7, 1903. 'NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES I'atented. May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. \VILLMARTI-I, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO MAJESTIC WIRE FENCE CO., LTD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

EN D POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,837, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed August 1'7, 1903.

1'0 all, w/tnm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. WILLMARTH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End Posts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in end or brace posts for wire fences; and its object is to provide a light, cheap, strong, and very rigid structure for the purpose, which is adapted to be shipped in the knockdown and is easily and quickly set up.

To this end the invention consists in the par ticular arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention and showing the device in use, and Fig. 2 is a view showing in perspective all of the parts detached.

A is the post proper, formed of angle-iron and provided with a series of holes A in one flange, through which the line-wires of the fence are passed and secured to the post. The flanges of the post at the lower end thereof are separated from each other and bent at right angles to form a base or projecting feet A, to which is secured by bolts the anchorplate B, consisting of a rectangular metal plate or wooden plank, as desired, to engage the earth and prevent the post from being pulled up by the strain of the fence. To firmly brace the post, so that it will not bend or buckle under the strain of the wires, an angle-iron brace-bar C is bolted at one end'to one flange of the post and extends horizontally therefrom in the direction of the pull of the wires, its opposite end being supported by a short vertical angle-iron post .1), to the upper end of which it is bolted, and an angle-iron brace E is bolted at one end to the flange near the upper end of the postA and at its opposite end to the upper end of the short post D by the same bolt D, which secures the bar C to said post. A flat brace F is bolted at one end to the flange near the lower end of the post Serial No. 169,681. (No model.)

A below the surface of the ground and at its opposite end to the downwardly extending flange of the angle-bar O adjacent to the short post. The flanges of the short post D are severed from each other at their lower end and the ends D turned at right angles to form a base, and beneath this base is placed any suitable support, as a plate or short plank G. The pressure being all downward on the post I), the plank G is put beneath for the sole purpose of preventing said post from being driven into the earth by the pull of the wires, and therefore it is unnecessary to secure the plank to the post.

The braces E, C, and F form atruss for the post'A to prevent its being bent or buckled by the strain, and the short post D, together with the brace F, prevents said post A from being pulled over. The braces and short post are somewhat lighter than the post A, and as the different parts are all intended to be put together with bolts they may be shipped in the knockdown at a very low freight rate.

It is obvious that when this post is used as a corner-post a duplicate set of braces may be secured to the other flange of the post A and another short post provided to support the ends of these braces.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- In a brace-post for wire fences, the combination of an angle-iron fence-post formed with feet, an anchor-plate bolted to said feet, an angle-iron brace-bar bolted at one end to one flange of the post intermediate the ends thereof, a short vertical angle-iron post, a brace bolted at one end to the flange of the fencepost near its upper end, a bolt passing through the opposite end of the last-named brace, the upper end of the short post and the horizontal brace to detachably secure the same together, and a brace-bar bolted at one end to the fence-post near its lower end and at its opposite end to the flange of the horizontal bar adjacent to the short post.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. VVILLMARTH.

Vitnesses:

O'rro F. BAR'IHEL, LEWIS E. FLANDnns. 

